Important note: IMPORTANT: Sorry, English is no my first language. I apologize for the grammar errors, hopefully, soon I can find a beta to help me.

Chapter 4: Isn´t this what you wanted?

"Lincoln is really taking his time, don't you think?" Lola´s questions made Lynn start thinking about it. She thought Lincoln only used the excuse of the test to hang out with Clyde and go to the arcade, but more than half an hour had passed, and none of the nerds came out of the house.

"Yeah, apparently they're actually going to study."

"In that case, we should ask the McBride's directly, so we could save time" Luna's suggestion was reasonable, if anything happened to Lincoln, Clyde would be the first person to know it, and it would be easy to get the information from him. Lynn moved the bush again to see the house. It would be best.

"I handle it" Lola led the way, it was only three of them to oversee Lincoln in the afternoon. Lori was ruled out for obvious reasons, the main one to avoid Clyde from dying, Leni would ruin the plan, Lana and Lucy were busy in stuff they couldn't postpone, Luan, Lucy and Lisa chose to watch over Lincoln over the weekend. With a small group, Lincoln shouldn't suspect anything, though Lynn should admit her blood frozen for a moment when Lincoln stopped suddenly turn back for a few moments.

Lola pressed the doorbell button, only waited a few seconds when Harold opened the door "Hello, oh, Lola, Luna, and Lynn Jr, how can I help you?"

"You see Mr. McBride, my older brother forgot his notebook to study, most of his notes are here, and I don't want him to fail the test, so we take the time of bringing it here, can I give it to him? Pretty please".

Lola's performances improved to a more worrying level. If, for some reason, her model career failed, being an actress, for sure, she takes it out of the park, another reason not to make the little princess mad. Lynn still regretted the loss of her favorite soccer ball.

"Ahh, Lincoln is very fortunate to have sisters as considerate as all of you, come in, Lincoln is in Clyde's room" the sisters smiled innocently. Harold guides them to his son's room.

"Clyde," Harold knock the door "son, Lincoln's sisters come to give him his notebook for your study session."

"Come in" Harold opened the door, Clyde was on his back, lifting some pillows, then turn around with a smile.

"Hello girls, Lincoln went to the bathroom. If you want to leave the notebook here, so you don't wait for him."

"Thanks, nerd, but we prefer to wait for him," Lynn responds with a firm tone.

"All right, make yourselves at home," the sisters scattered around the room while they wait for Lincoln. They knew Clyde for being Lincoln´s best friend. It wasn't easy to begin a conversation with someone with such different hobbies.

The young athlete is recharged on the wall with folded arms, watched how Luna began to send messages on the phone, in Lori´s pure style. Recently Luna has been more with the cellphone in hand, weird. On the other hand, Lola merely looked in the mirror of the room to praise herself for the infinite beauty she has.

Lynn was beginning to lose patience, today's food wasn't so heavy to be in the bathroom for a long time, but with Leni as her father's assistant for today's dinner, she could expect anything. Maybe she can use this time to squeeze Clyde a little bit, "Hey, Clyde."

"Yes, Lynn?"

"This test you're going to have, is it really that hard? For someone who is a bookworm like you, Johnson's tests shouldn't be so hard" Clyde look at her for a few seconds, and then returned to order some comics.

"It's a final test, Lynn, being a big test with multiple subjects, and we have to add the resentful problems Miss Johnson has. We expect anything from her."

"I support you there, dude. It's unfair for me to do your final test in that way, your teacher should go to therapy. Hey, the doctor you're with, can't she help her?" Luna wonder, looking away from her cellphone, waiting for Sam to answer the text.

"Dr. Lopez? I don't think so. It's not her specialty" something smelled bad for Lynn, although she knew her presence intimidated Clyde. It wasn't so bad to not look at them to the eye, or maybe it was for seeing her without her typical ponytail.

"And do you plan to study the whole weekend for the test here?" the rocker asked again. Clyde kept quiet for a moment until he spoke.

"No, tomorrow we will go to Jordan´s house to study with the rest of the gang" What? Is Lincoln going to study at the house of a girl?

"Wait, wait, wait, time out, you mean, Rosato? The girl who hangs out with you guys before? The one who invited you to that pool party where all of you ended up in undies?"

"Yes, it was Lincoln's idea to meet and support between us in the most difficult subjects. Jordan offered her house to study there, and so is planned" Lynn already knew Jordan, not only coincided at times in Royal wood's gym but also knew of her talent in Dodgeball and volleyball, an excellent prospect for middle school teams. In the same way, Lynn had already made a small deal with Jordan, a sandwich for a secret of his little bro, Ah, it was worth it.

"I should thank her later, if it weren't for her pool party, I wouldn't have more material to extort—" Lola felt the looks on her "I mean, uh...Clyde, who is going with you tomorrow?"

"The usual, me, Lincoln, Liam, Rusty, Zach, Stella, but also comes Cookie, Dave, and Paige, not forgetting Jordan, of course."

Wait a minute, did he mention Paige? The girl Lincoln has a crush when the whole incident of the secret admirer happened, for sure he likes her because of how cute she is, and enjoy those things nerds like, videogames and comics, but now his little brother is with Ronnie Anne, sure Lincoln is done with his crush for Paige. Right?

Luna and Lola seemed to think the same thing, it was safest to talk to Lincoln, to remind him not to do anything that could result in hurting Ronnie Anne, if that came to happen, Bobby breaks up with Lori, and no one wants to bear a depressed and bossy Lori.

The minutes passed. Luna asked Clyde if he knew anything about Lincoln if he noticed something different, to which Clyde responded with a no. Lynn already lost her patience, to hell with the basics needs. It was time to stop hiding.

"Lincoln, open the door! Neither I take so long there, even after putting hot sauce to the subways," no answer from the other side of the door, "Lincoln!"

"Little bro. Is everything ok over there?" again, there was no answer, now the sisters beginning to worry, not even Clyde or Lola's threats made Lincoln talk.

"Is something wrong?" Howard asked, coming out of his room to see the reason behind such panic noises.

"Lincoln is not responding, and the bathroom door is locked," Luna said with a worried voice.

"Ok, Luna, calm down. I'm going for the keys" Howard went to the service room where he had the copies of the keys for any room of the house.

"There's no time to wait, Lola, Let´s do it" Lynn and Lola took impulse, and then kicked the door, opening it, there was no sign of Lincoln, the only thing that happened, was that something fell above, shampoo. Lincoln had spent a prank on them.

"What the hell?!"

"My hair!"

Luna was astonished, never thought to see her little brother do something like that, to believe the humorist spirit of Luan would reach him but didn't understand the reason. The rocker saw through the corner of the eye how Clyde sends a message on the phone like crazy. Her instinct told Luna he knew what happened.

"Hey!" without asking, Luna took off Clyde´s cell phone, to see the conversation.

Chat: Lincoln Loud

Lincoln: I leave it in your hands my friend-3:01 PM

Message deleted

Message deleted

Message deleted

Clyde: It happened, you are in your own now-3:49 PM

"Clyde, you have a lot to explain" Luna passed the phone to her sisters, Lynn didn't hesitate to grab Clyde from the shirt, visibly angry, closing the door of the room and bathroom.

"Time to sing, McBride" Clyde shook his head, he would never betray his best friend, but he didn't know his miserable fate.

"Clyde, are you all right? Is Lincoln okay?" they hear Howard behind the door. Lola put her hand in Clyde's mouth, letting Luna do the fake voice of Lincoln.

"Yes, I only had stomach pain, but I am better now, although I recommend not entering the bathroom now."

"Oh, what a relief. if you still feel bad, Lincoln, tell me to make you a tea, OK?"

"Sure, thank you for your concern, I'll be fine," Luna said, mimicking her brother's voice as best as possible, once they made sure Howard was gone, Lynn pin Clyde in wrestling move, he is visibly terrified. Lola took the initiative.

"Let's see how much you resist, Clyde, nobody messes with my hair and leaves unharmed" poor Clyde knew what awaited him, but didn't matter, would make any sacrifice to have that photo.

35 minutes earlier

Paige looked at the time on her electronic clock, perhaps she rushed to arrive so early, but couldn't be blamed. Today is the opportunity to make history in the arcade, to be the first player to be in the top 5 of all arcade games, only one left the dance game in duo mode.

That game is her favorite by far, Paige loved to dance to the rhythm of the music, it was always exciting and fun, even had the record at the individual mode, which took a lot of effort. Paige started to look for a partner to break the record for the duo mode, but no one was up to her level. Some boys could help, but they are idiots that looked bad at her for being a girl. Maybe losing to her and beating their records is too much for their ego.

It was until she saw Lincoln Loud that knew he is a potential playmate, the first time Paige see him, the white hair boy destroys his best friend in almost all games. The gamer saw Lincoln occasionally in the arcade with Clyde, although he had his weaknesses as anyone, was a promising player and wasn't an idiot like the rest of the boys. When Paige transferred to Royalwoods elementary school this semester for facilities to her parents in the financial area, she had the opportunity to meet him a little more. After a while, Lincoln mention his playmate had moved to the city, Paige doesn´t hesitate to invite him to play.

"Hi Paige," the gamer turn around, there he was, breathing slightly agitated, and with the cell phone in his hand.

"What´s up to Lincoln? Isn't that Clyde's bike?" Paige asked, pointing to the bike.

"Yes, I borrowed it to get here faster," Lincoln responded as he padlocked the bike.

"You're late, seven minutes late."

"Oh, forgive me for not having time counted as the British people, I also forgot the tea, a pity" the tone of voice the albino use managed to get a little laughter from her.

"Never mind, I came ten minutes earlier, you know, I'm anxious to break the record and put our picture in the Hall of Fame" Lincoln opened the door to enter the arcade "thank you, Gentleman."

"Your welcome, shall we start at once or eat something first?" Lincoln asked. Paige saw some little kids were playing on the dance machine. She didn't want to disturb them.

"Let's eat something light first, while we wait for our turn to play," Paige said with a little smile, looking at the menu.

"Ok, as we are going to move a lot, wouldn't be a great idea to eat pizza, do you think an order of fries and milkshakes is okay?" Paige smiled at him, giving Lincoln a slight blow to the shoulder

"You read my mind, Loud. I pay the milkshakes" the two young kids approached the counter, seeing the owner, Gus. After all, this place has its name.

"Wow, but look at this. Paige Rivers and Lincoln Loud, two of my best customers, are you on a date?" Gus asked, with the apparent intent to embarrass them.

"Nice try Gus, but no, we came to break the record in duo mode in the dance game," the albino responded quietly, without expressing nervousness.

"What my playmate said, we're going to order two strawberry milkshakes and a French fries order, please" in the same way, Paige replied, they knew how Gus likes to mess with them.

"Let's do something guys, if you can break the record today, is food is on me, in addition to putting your photo in the Hall of Fame right away."

"Deal!" Lincoln and Paige shouted at the same time, causing Gus's laugh.

While the kids took about twenty minutes to finish using the dance machine, Paige wouldn't mind have a little more talking with Lincoln. Once she manages to overcome that barrier of shyness Lincoln has, you talk about everything with him. They spoke of the nightmare that was the school, their friends, the plans for the summer, random things. It was nice, very nice.

"...and so, I end up helping Lana to save the frogs" Lincoln finish of narrating the story of how he, with her younger sister Lana, save the frogs from principal Huggins and the science class.

"Whoa, having a lot of sisters leaves you a lot of interesting stories," Paige commented with a little smile, giving the last sip in her milkshake.

"Living in the Loud house is crazy, but you get used to it, helping the family is always important" the albino turn around, seeing the dance machine was already free, Lincoln pointed with the finger "ready to make history?"

"More than ever," Lincoln offered to leave the trash in the container and to prepare a surprise while Paige chose the song they would dance to break the record. She selects a pop song, one of her favorites. The first attempt was a simple warm-up, more so Lincoln would learn how Paige moves, she is a veteran after all, after two serious attempts, they didn´t pass the sixth place.

"Dang it, it's harder than it seems, it rewards a lot of coordination that time," the gamer girl whisper tired, turning to see her playmate, notice Lincoln is thoughtful looking at the screen "any new strategy?"

"You see, I have noticed that our styles are somewhat different, you tend to jump slightly higher, while I try not to separate the feet from the track so much, that may be the reason why we are penalized for bad coordination. Also, a pop song style doesn't help much if we want to get to the top," Lincoln explain without looking at her. The man of the plan is working

"Then what do you suggest?" Paige asked.

"Let's choose an electronic song, the marks are a little slower than the other genres, giving us a chance, also, try not to jump, yes, it will be less fun, but we not came to have fun, we come to win."

"Wow, when you take things seriously, you're very determined," Paige smirk to him, "okay, we'll do it your way. My advice to you is not to look so much to the track, memorize where each mark is and let you go" with the tips for each, they changed songs and tried it again, to the gamer's surprise, they were now only thirty points down to the third place, closer to the record.

"Time to get serious" Lincoln put another token, with a look decide, turn to see Paige with that look, with a smile of confidence, extending his fist to her" ready to make history once for all?"

Paige didn´t hesitate to answer, clasping her fist, with the same look, "Let´s do it."

The music started again, and the marks were already beginning to appear on the screen. The seriousness of the objective kept them concentrated. Paige couldn't deny that this was enjoyable, even when it wasn't her favorite song, exchanging glances with Lincoln, she knew he felt the same way. Whoa, since when Lincoln started acting so cool? It looks cuter.

Once finished, both players stopped to take some air, then look at the screen, expected to see the score, but the seconds passed, and the screen was still black, and then show light static.

"Oh, come on! Gus, come here now!" both screamed annoyingly, not even noticing they said it in almost perfect synchrony.

"What's wrong? Ah, not again, I knew I should never trust in Chinese pieces," Gus grumbled when he saw the screen, he would never trust that Asian salesman again.

"Then what we danced now was for nothing? When we made it perfect!" Paige almost yelled at Gus. She felt so frustrate.

"Relax Paige, it's only a problem of the screen, not the game, it will take me like five minutes to fix it, but I will have to put this game out of service for the rest of the day to get a better quality screen" what a drag. If they didn´t succeed now, they would have to try another day, and with how hard it is to meet today because of how busy Lincoln was with his family obligations, dang it!.

"I'll go to the bathroom, Paige, watch Gus don't do anything strange, I wouldn't be surprised if he erases our efforts not to break the mark" Lincoln commented while heading to the bathroom.

"Ah, come on, Little Loud. I wouldn't do that" Paige kept staring at Gus distrustful "stop staring at me like that. I only did it once, I didn't want to lose the bet, and it wasn't on this machine, it was in Attack Of Aliens 3" Gus try to defend himself, though he knew the girl wouldn't take her eyes out of him, preventing him from doing anything strange. Paige would like to this to be quicker. The anguish is eating her alive.

"It's almost time...yeah, it's almost time. This should be enough," Lincoln said to himself, seeing his reflection in the mirror, smiling mockingly.

"Thank you for lending me one of those masks, but I prefer my role as a spectator, not like I was her to solve your life, this time was only an emergency. It's still too early to break yourself" he looks at his cellphone, everything is ready "let's see if you're someone not boring, after all...you wanted to give more surprises to all the people you know?" saw sideways on the cellphone, all the cards were on the board, only remained to wait.

How fun is life

Confused, very confused, never in his short life had he been so disoriented, waking up again in a bathroom. By the smell of pizza and scratches on the door with videogame stuff. Lincoln knew he is in Gus´s Games and Grub, where his date with Paige is supposed to be.

After processing everything and calm himself down to avoid another panic attack for overthinking things, Lincoln look at his phone, afraid. That thing sure has done something horrible to make his life more miserable, that's what happened in the movies, a voice in your head is an awful thing. Prepared for the worst, conscious that he couldn't live in the bathroom for the rest of his life, walk out of the bathroom, preparing himself for Paige's rages.

The least Lincoln expected is the girl he like-like, ran, and hug him like he is a teddy bear, yes, sure he still dreaming.

"We did it! We did it, Lincoln!" Paige jumps with joy without letting him go, repeating the same sentence over and over again, the hug felt so real.

"W-what's the matter, Paige?" Lincoln tried to speak as calmly as he could. His mind was not prepared for so much affection from his crush.

"Come with me" Paige grab his right hand to take him to the dancing machine, Paige-took-his-hand "look, barely, but we are the first place. We are the best duo in Dance Battle!"

It´s true. They had surpassed the former first place, for scarcely 250 points, now the nickname at the top is 'ThebestDuo: LxP'

LxP. Lincoln and Paige, was this really happening?

"Congratulations to both of you, as I promise, this is on the house, Gus invites today's food. Now please follow me to take the picture to put it in the Hall of Fame as fast as possible" Gus said happy, they reminded him of when he was a kid and tried to be the best in the arcade, though he failed miserably, without getting with girl playmate, much less girlfriend. Lucky Lincoln.

With the best smile he could offer at the moment, Lincoln took the picture with Paige, hugging by the shoulders, raising his thumb while Paige makes the sign of love and peace. After seeing the photo, with evident nervousness of his part, but Paige looks happy, which is essential on this date. Gus took off a picture of some strangers, to place theirs, under the name of the game, with the motto 'The best'

"Isn't it beautiful?" Paige asked, looking proudly at the photo, evidence of the achievement they had achieved. Lincoln only nodded, still blank in mind.

"And it gets better, here, surprise, Paige!" Gus gave Paige an action figure of Sora, from the Kingdom of Hearts saga, one of her favorite games, since she saw it on the shelf, she promises to herself to get it.

"B-b-but, I lack at least two hundred tickets to complete what it cost," the gamer girl is speechless. How?

"You see, Paige. Your playmate has a good ticket bank that made with the years and does some working time for me. Lincoln here thought it would be a good gift for you, for your effort, although I discounted five hundred tickets for a favor that I owed to his sister Leni for her tips fashion. Socks and sandals? I was an imbecile" Paige let Gus talk alone about his fashion problems, to be in front of Lincoln, who still looked surprised.

"Whoa...you didn't have to...thanks," Paige didn't know what to said, this so sudden, and so sweet. Lincoln could swear to God he saw a little pink on Paige´s cheeks

"It's nothing...you deserve it" Lincoln whisper, also embarrassed by the situation, thank God the place is almost alone, and no acquaintance is around to make this more embarrassed for them.

"I promise to return the favor," an idea came up for Paige "hey, you told me before you are stuck in Pokémon Soul Silver."

"Eh? Oh yeah, I can't beat Blaine's Gym. I barely beat Sabrina by miracle with a Pichu as last Pokemon" Paige couldn't help but giggle, took her cell phone to write something, seconds later, a message came to Lincoln´s phone. Paige had created a chat with him. She had sent him a text with her game nickname she used for the videogame console.

"In gratitude, I will help you pass the game, and perhaps when you are good, we can have a Pokemon fight online...Hey, wouldn't you mind if I text you later?" Paige said with a big smile. Lincoln couldn't deny his happiness. So, this is real, after all.

"Sure," Lincoln answered, received another message. It´s from Clyde.

'It happened you are in your own now.'

Lincoln only swallowed saliva. He still couldn't celebrate yet.

"I'm sorry Paige, but my mom already wants me to come back, I promised to help her with the laundry" Lincoln notice Paige's gaze goes saddened, she would have enjoyed being with him a little more.

"Right, you already said you had things to do" Paige look into his eyes, smiling "Thank you Lincoln, I had a great time with you today, see you tomorrow to study" The girl hug him, which he corresponded, now understood why Lori loves when Bobby hugs her.

Paige ran off to reach the bus to take her home, once she is gone, Lincoln made a quick gesture of celebration, totally in joy, but there was something else to do. He looks at the phone, then gets on Clyde's bike, heading home.

When Lincoln got back home, he made sure to leave the bike tied up in the garage, didn´t want to happen an accident, more when Clyde is very cautious with his things. It was the least he could do for him after all Clyde had to go through his fault. At this time, his parents had to go to their respective jobs, where Lincoln walks into the house, only Lana is there, playing with the pets as if she was one of them, well, she bit the postman more times than Charles.

"Hi Lincoln, weren't you with Clyde?" Lana asked, playing with one of her many lizards.

"Yeah, but I didn't count the McBride's are going to disinfect their house again, and to themselves, so we left it for tomorrow," Lincoln answered, leaving his backpack beside the stairs.

"Ah, pity they are so preventative with dirt, is the best thing in the world to be dirty" innocent as always Lana, Lincoln wish he had a little of that innocent.

"Not all share the same lifestyle Lana. Hey, where is Lori?" the albino asked as he walks to the kitchen.

"In her room, giving Leni lessons on how to control us once she leaves, Lori doesn't want to leave all the responsibility to Luna. I'm going to miss her" Lincoln pet his little sister's hair with a smile. It´s normal to start seeing how close the day is where Lori finally leaves the Loud house.

"There's still a lot of time before that, hey, you want some of the worms Dad brought you this morning? That always cheers you up" as a good brother. He knew how to help his sisters when they were down. Lana´s face illuminates in happiness, shouting a big yes.

Lincoln went to the kitchen, and after serving the exotic dish to Lana, he goes back to drink a glass of grape juice, which helped him to relax when he was nervous. Lincoln recheck his phone, seeing as things went, trying to control the sensations in his arm and chest with slow breathing, only the scream that came from the entrance door took him out of his short break.

"Where are you, Lincoln?!" there wasn't a doubt, it´s Lola's mad voice, which took him by surprise, there is no reason she would be mad at him, unless...

"What's going on?! Leni was close to understanding my night nanny program!" Lori exclaimed from the second floor, the rest of the sisters left what they were doing to see what is happening.

"Yes, but, like, I still don't understand how they're going to eat dinner if they have to look at the roof, like, they can drown" Lori couldn't avoid doing a facepalm, there goes, wasted hours of explanation. Luan lightly touches Leni in the back, in the sign that she didn´t overthink.

"Do you not see how Lincoln left us to follow the joker path?!" when they went down, they were surprised to see Lynn and Lola, covered with a thick white liquid, which is shampoo. Lincoln looked from the corner of the kitchen. Luna is just as surprised as the other sisters.

Lincoln knew Lynn and Lola would make his life miserable, their looks showed real wrath towards him, although it wasn't his fault, yet felt feeling born merely within of him. He tries to contain it, he really tries, but in the end, it was impossible, even his sisters saw it, Lincoln laugh, a long time ago he didn´t laugh like this moment.

"Ah-Hahaha! Oh, my God! I'm sorry, it's too much! I can't!" his stomach ached, it´s a faulty taste, though all laughter disappeared when Lynn took him by his shirt, to face him, with Lola at her side.

"Listen, Lincoln, I am such a good person I would punish this act with moderately harsh, but what has made me angry" Lola pointed her finger in an indictment to her older brother "you're cheating on Ronnie Anne!"

The rest of the Loud sisters covered their mouths with surprise, and then looked at him angrily.

"What do you mean, Lola?" Lucy asked who looked without any expression, but everyone knew she is angry too.

"As you heard dude, Lincoln went to the arcade with Paige, on a date, he uses the pretext of going with Clyde to study to distract us, and as you see, even spend a prank on Lynn and Lola when he supposedly was in the bathroom" Luna explains the details. Luan is proud of Lincoln, never expected Lincoln to follow her example, if the situation were not so delicate, she wouldn't hesitate to congratulate him. An assistant who evolve into a prankster

"That's not good, Linky!"

"I expected your morale would be in higher than that."

"Ronnie Anne is your girlfriend. She doesn't deserve that!"

"That's a low move, dude."

Those were one of the many criticisms Lincoln regularly received, without giving him time to respond. He had to do something. At this rate, Lincoln couldn't control everything that is happening in his mind, had to do it. I'm so sorry.

"Shut up!" the sudden scream coming from Lincoln made his sisters stop dry, it´s very unusual their only brother would scream like that.

"I can't stand it anymore! Understand this time what I am saying, Ronnie Anne is not my girlfriend! So, I can go out with any girl whenever I want! Stop meddling in my private life!" Lincoln screamed with the best he could, had to pull air to catch his breath, the young Loud felt terrible, had yelled at his sisters, why it had to come to this moment? A good brother never yelled to the family, never.

"You'd better modulate your voice with me twerp, and no matter how hard you try to deny it, the fact is you cheated on Ronnie Anne, you—"

"The loser is right. Lincoln is not my boyfriend," a familiar voice interrupted Lori, at the door, were Ronnie Anne and Bobby, who greeted nervously, only mentioned that the door was already open.

"Bobby bu-bu-bear" every expression of anger in Lori was smudged at the time she saw her boyfriend, running to hug him, it had been three weeks since they were seen in person, an eternity for the eldest daughter of the Louds.

"Hey" Lola snapped her fingers to get the attention of the couple "leave your love time for later, we have a situation here."

"Thank you for coming," Lincoln whispered to Ronnie Anne, felt more confident in having support in this situation.

"Relax, Lame-O, this is also my problem," the Latina girl replied with a smile. Once she received the call and seeing the opportunity to clarify this issue, Ronnie Anne doesn´t hesitate to convince Bobby to come from the city, with the excuse that Lori is very stressed about the college future.

"Ignoring that cheesy moment, I just wonder, why the necessity to hide you are dating?" Luna asked.

"Let me answer you with another question, Luna, why do you think we're dating?" Ronnie Anne said with a calm expression, with her hands in the pockets.

"Oh, because Lori told us you lovebirds kissed in the double date with Lori and Bobby, like, it´s obvious you had to be dating if you kiss on the lips" Leni respond with innocent joy, for her, there was nothing more tender than young love, well, maybe teddy bears. Both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne looked to Lori, angry. Now all made sense. It was her fault that all this started.

"What? It was necessary to tell the others, not every day you give your first kiss" Lori towards as she was offended, to think Lola is the only gossip sister was a mistake.

"Of all the love dramas that exist in this house, it seems only my is the most important, do I need to mention them? The only one that hasn't made any progress since the love letters incident is Lynn."

"Watch your words, Stincoln" Ok, that last thing was out of place, even more so when his sister athlete is in a bad mood. Bobby noticed the state in which they were Lynn and Lola, he was going to ask, but his girlfriend shook her head, ruling out for his safety.

Lincoln could see it, for a reason he is the second person in confidence for each sister, only behind the respective roommate, he knew some things. Leni is trying to understand what love means in her innocent mind with Chaz. Luan is entering the theater club to spend more time with Benny, blushing when the boy's name is said, maybe something is happening between them. Even Lucy as troubles to choose between Rocky and Silas, the love of light or darkness, as she explained. For the younger ones, were still very young thought to understand the concept of love. Just meet boys with very similar interesting, who knows, maybe can develop in the future.

About Lynn´s love life, he knew nothing, more because they rarely talk about these private issues, is the weakest relationship Lincoln had in general with the family today, a few years ago they were inseparable, things change. While Luna, Lincoln was the only one who knew her secret so far, so he would not touch the subject, it must be Luna who reveals her new relationship with Sam.

"We do it, so your relationship doesn't fail, plus, the move of Ronnie Anne and Bobby to the city really affects you, we wanted to help you" Leni forgot to add the fact of being the only son in the family had enormous pressure. Although his sisters wouldn't hesitate to spy on the first date of any Loud member, as happened on Lori's first date with Bobby, something she didn´t know until the family podcast they try to do, that almost no one listened beside family and a few friends.

"What do you think? We tell them the truth now?" Ronnie Anne's suggestion seemed for the best, as long as they get some peace.

"Yes, there is no turning back" Lincoln accept, giving a slight sigh, time to do it

"What truth?" Lola asked, with her eyes narrowed. The supposed lovers looked at each other before nodding.

"The truth is this, neither Ronnie Anne nor I felt anything special in that kiss, of course, except that it was the first kiss of both" began to explain Lincoln.

"Wait, that-"

"Let me finish Lori, it's important, please," Lincoln asked her elder sister, who granted it. "I'll be sincere after so much misunderstood with Ronnie Anne, the kiss was an only choice that came to my mind, yet, it was also a way that you two will end with your drama" Lincoln paused, letting Ronnie Anne continue.

"Yeah, Lincoln explained it to me shortly after apologizing to me like a hundred times for everything, we were both sick of your situation in the restaurant. It was obvious both Booby and Lori want to hug each other, so we used that improvised action to return you to be a couple again, even enduring the discomfort of courtship."

"What we want to get, is the way our relationship is fundamental for yours to remain together and be happy, a fight between us would cause an unnecessary drama, so we hid several fights we had before."

"But, I just did it to support you, Ronnie, I hate to see you hurt by others" Ronnie Anne smiled at the remark of her older brother, approached him, and putting him on his knees with a kick in the shin, all to see him in the eyes.

"Roberto, I appreciate you are doing that for me, but you mustn't deny your happiness or Lori's for a fight me and Lincoln have. Besides, best friends always fight, right?"

"Best friends?" Lisa remark those final words, rescuing the most important of so much of kind love words.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I know how much you 'ship' us, but the truth is that I see Ronnie Anne as my best friend, along with Clyde of course, and it all started with that conflict in the double date" Ronnie Anne just smiled, confirmed in a look that for her was equal, one way or another. The strong relationship between Lori and Bobby had joined them when he had that tense relationship in her times as a bully. Kissing a person doesn't automatically make you a couple. However, she would never deny something. Lincoln is good at kissing.

"These last few weeks" Lincoln continues talking, looking to the ground and grabbing his right arm "when I wanted to take the initiative with Paige, I was nervous about how to resolve this issue to you, so much that makes me a little depressed, it´s not easy when it is ten against one, even when you are accustomed"

"So that's why you were acting so strange this last days" Luna mentioned, now everything made sense, Lincoln nodded, the rocker couldn't contain herself anymore, running to hug his brother.

"Sorry bro, I never thought you had so much pressure for us. I wish I'd given you a chance," Lori came up, just to hug him.

"Yes, it makes me very happy you worry so much about my happiness with Bobby, it was my fault for putting so much emphasis on your relationship with Ronnie Anne to avoid problems in my relationship. I am sorry, you're the best little brother" one by one, the rest of the sisters approached to hug him, even Lola and Lynn, the family is always first for the Loud family.

"I also have some guilt, maybe about how I react to this. My bad, Ronalda," Bobby also apologized to his little sister.

"Relax, Bobby. I did it for your sake. It's normal of you being so overprotective with me, I appreciate it, but you also deserve to be happy. Let the loser and I solve our problems apart" in the tenderness of the words of his younger sister, Bobby smiled and the hug her, even though she didn't like hugs.

"Thanks, nini, I know I can count on you" Ronnie Anne blush for the shameful nickname. "Don´t worry. I will make sure the family also stops bothering you about it. I can also help you with the boy on 11th Street, who made eyes on the skating rink" Ronnie Anne hit a tremendous blow in Bobby´s stomach, bad idea to mention it.

"Well, now that it's all cleared up, let's go to my room Bobby, we need to talk about our college options," Lori said, dragging Bobby to the stairs.

"Wait, didn't you say you will go to Michigan State?" Bobby asked, confused.

"Yeah, but today I received an email from Fairway University, increased the scholarship to enter the golf team, you know one of my dreams is to enter the professional league. But I also want to be CEO of a company, for which Michigan State is the option. There is also the option of the college where your Uncle Carlos works. Now you see? We have a lot to talk about" Lori took her boyfriend to her room, little by little, they all scattered, all back to normal.

"You want to play some Ace Savvy?" Ronnie Anne asked, pointing to the arcade game console, ready for a match and destroy Lincoln, again.

"Sure," Lincoln replied, though two hands stopped him dry, damn it, he forgot about them.

"Ronnie Anne, go get started, we need to talk to Lincoln, alone," Lola said with a more fake smile than a three-dollar bill.

"Yes, it's very urgent, there is the thing to settle between us" Lynn is the same, he will be dead, well, dead is already.

"Sure, have fun" his girl best friend answered with a pity smile, knowing his fate, it was clear that this afternoon wouldn't be anything beautiful for Lincoln Loud.

No, Lincoln had enough. He couldn't even sleep without waking up every half hour with the need to use any things to keep his mind in this reality. Not to go crazy to think the worst-case scenario, that he could die, the worst fear of every human being, an irrational fear.

Lincoln knew it. It´s ridiculous to think about that possibility, Lisa's studies repeated he had an excellent state of health. Still, tries to calm a mind that goes a thousand an hour with negative thoughts, again and again, he had to leave his room, needed fresh air.

It was already the third time since this began, was his last resort when he had a lot in the head, opened the small window of his room, pass without problems, cautiously and technically. Lincoln managed to climb the roof of his house, understood that a mistake could end so wrong, but at this point, it was a risk to take.

Lincoln placed slightly away from the shore, but not enough to get out of his room zone. He didn't want to wake up anyone up for his extreme paranoid nonsense. He was sitting at an angle where someone could hardly see him, avoiding a scream at the sky when a random person saw a child on the roof. Lincoln is reloading his head on his knees.

He let the light cold wind keep him in reality, feeling the cold makes him feel safer, for some strange reason, support for his mind not to get out of control, but could not help feeling bad, all day he endures this thought.

No, it was not for what Lynn and Lola did, in the end, had to be Lynn´s opponent for a karate session, should ban any fight sport besides kickboxing. Lynn said his to help him for the fight with Chandler, another of his worries, although the boy noticed she was hitting slightly stronger than usual, didn´t blame her, but still.

With Lola, he only had to accept to be a servant in the tea parties held at any minute, plus half of his allowance. Everything was worth not seeing her mad, again, didn´t blame her.

Lincoln looked at the screen of his cell phone. It was like being in a movie, still couldn't believe it, seeing himself in a video, only it wasn't him, he never smiled in that way, the voice had planned everything. Who is going to believe this? All people would think he is insane.

The voice explains all from Clyde's bathroom, how he persuaded his best friend to help him make the prank and distract his sisters, knowing who sisters follow him thanks of how bad they are too hidden, having a plus because Lynn was there, Lincoln get it. Clyde help in exchange for a photo of Lori in a bikini, weirds thought aside for now.

Explained how he escaped through the window of the bathroom, how used Clyde's bike to go to the arcade when his sisters came into the house, in how knew Lynn kicked the bathroom door, the voice doesn't expect Lola to help her. Everyone makes mistakes

The voice explained how he investigated Paige in her social networks, Instagram and Facebook, all to know her better, so much information, how he studies dances games, records, techniques, information for success, God bless the internet.

The voice planned to leave him in the treehouse to let Lincoln wake up, even though the voice did it in the arcade bathroom for some reason, leaving him the emotional explanation with his sisters, also got Ronnie Anne to help him so she will take some of the pressure off of him.

"Isn't this what you wanted?"

That phrase is inserted in his mind, in the end, the voice apologized for doing this on his way, promised to return to his role as a spectator, to leave him calmer, as long as he will not crack, thanked him for lending something, something so many that said Lincoln had. What is that supposed to mean?

Yes, that's what Lincoln wanted, his sisters would lightly respect his privacy, yes, Lincoln wanted to have a perfect date with Paige, yes, having a more significant group of friends. Even so, it was hard for him to admit, Lincoln wanted to see Lynn and Lola have some payback, he knew it was wrong, but couldn't help it, it was what he wanted, in part.

That's what Lincoln was looking for, then.

Why he felt so miserable!?

Lincoln was already crying quietly, taking his head in his hands, no, he didn´t get any of that, the voice helped him in everything, it wasn't his effort to do things well, he had to be helped by someone else all the time, he didn´t deserve it. He is so useless that he could not even overcome this.

Lincoln is a useless paranoid, mentally ill. He didn´t deserve to be in the shadow of anyone, much less his sisters. His only role was to be the support of all, simple support, seeing their talent shine to the world. Ah, why he suddenly feels like a piece of trash?

Help Lori take care of everyone, be Leni's model, Luna's musical companion, Luan's assistant, Lynn's sports partner, Lucy's advisor, Lola's manager, Lana's playmate, Lisa's guinea pig, Lily's babysitter.

That had to be worth something, helped his sisters to be better, to take roles that no one else would often take, this his purpose. Still, he is a selfish person, to find his way, even though the situation of bad luck was a punishment he deserved not to speak better with the family. Lies are bad. But didn´t his family loves white lies to avoid problems?

Enough, his mind wouldn't leave him in peace, of how people look at him when they know everything, they will send him to a mental hospital, everyone will give you that look, please, anything but that look.

"Hey, you, yes, you, to whom I speak many times this year, tell me, please tell me. What should I do? I beg you, what should I do! I'm so desperate, I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared."

Wow, so low has fallen from asking for help at the nothing, all he could do was to vent quietly. Tomorrow acts as if nothing had happened to him, everything to solve all this on his own, of course, if he did.

Lincoln might be thinking a lot of nonsense, contradicting his own words, because what did he do to receive this torture? He was born without talent, born as a boy, enough. What was happening to him?

Isn't this what you wanted? Lincoln?

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